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i mean, i would refer you to the fbi for details. but, look, i mean, what happened -- >> an unstable country, individuals who are armed, the government decided it itself cannot provide security, the ready to do so. and it was not that complicated to discern that there needs to be some sort of serious security effort there to protect our diplomats. >> i appreciate the question to lead and extended, and i can simply say that there is an active investigation into what happened that led to the killing of four americans. the president has taken action to make sure that we have reinforced security at facility's as deemed necessary and is very focused on ensuring that we bring to justice those who killed americans abroad. but i appreciate your question. the death toll you know, we are awaiting the results of the fbi investigation. >> another subject. does the president have any response to the office of special counsel report on secretary sibelius' violin? >> i have not spoken to him about it. i think that she has responded to that, and mad
i mean, i would refer you to the fbi for details. but, look, i mean, what happened -- >> an unstable country, individuals who are armed, the government decided it itself cannot provide security, the ready to do so. and it was not that complicated to discern that there needs to be some sort of serious security effort there to protect our diplomats. >> i appreciate the question to lead and extended, and i can simply say that there is an active investigation into what happened that led...
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the fbi, dea, atf and marshal service. they should have consistency among their roles and requirements. of course they can have their different missions. that needs to happen. the fact that atf was not brought under the attorney general guidelines for undercover operations, eight years into their tenure in the department i think was significant from our standpoint. and so, we have recommended for the department to go back and review the other component, look at who has the best practices. you have an organization, multiple law-enforcement agencies. there needs to be some effort to look at best practices and figure out who's got them. if it is atf, the other component should use them. if it's the fbi, other component should use those. >> must make the taskbar specific and clear and also have clear parameters of supervision as you do. >> there should be rules if one is better than the other. >> this is redundant, that must make it clear. there also seems to be as every three or report report a bunker mentality that as soon a
the fbi, dea, atf and marshal service. they should have consistency among their roles and requirements. of course they can have their different missions. that needs to happen. the fact that atf was not brought under the attorney general guidelines for undercover operations, eight years into their tenure in the department i think was significant from our standpoint. and so, we have recommended for the department to go back and review the other component, look at who has the best practices. you...
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and to that, the fbi says it is too dangerous to be in benghazi why none of them are there now. is that because the situation has worsened or was the always that dangerous in benghazi? >> i think, on the terrorist attack i mean, as we determined the details of what took place there, and how that, attack took place, that it became clear that there were terrorists who had planned that attack and that's when i came to that conclusion. as again, as to who was involved, what specific groups were involved, i think the investigation that is ongoing hopefully will determine that. >> a day after or, was -- >> took a while to really get some of the feedback from what exactly happened at that location. >> there was a thread of intelligence reporting that that groups in the environment in western, correction, eastern libya were seeking to coalesce but there wasn't anything specific and certainly not a specific threat to the consulate that i'm aware of. and, as far as to the risks that the fbi reported to you, really have to ask them for why they made that determination. i don't know. >> was
and to that, the fbi says it is too dangerous to be in benghazi why none of them are there now. is that because the situation has worsened or was the always that dangerous in benghazi? >> i think, on the terrorist attack i mean, as we determined the details of what took place there, and how that, attack took place, that it became clear that there were terrorists who had planned that attack and that's when i came to that conclusion. as again, as to who was involved, what specific groups...
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in the street, we should be pursuing a terrorist as criminals and the president first called in the fbi to deal with the challenge as if it was a criminal matter >> the question before i turn out to you guys is what have -- what would have been wrong with the president coming to the rose garden and saying i am horrified by what has happened in egypt and obviously horrified by what has been done in libya. the safety and security is my foremost responsibility. but i would like to stand here and remind the people of egypt and the president and the prime minister and acting prime minister of libya that american lives were laid on the line for you on the one side, and we supported your efforts on the other side. we stand with countries that stand with the rule of law and you need to understand that you need to do the same for us. thank you very much to the time we'd be looking into this and walk away. rather than the sort of, you know, excuse making about islam. would that have been wrong for the president to do that? >> actions speak louder than words. they are also sending the military. yo
in the street, we should be pursuing a terrorist as criminals and the president first called in the fbi to deal with the challenge as if it was a criminal matter >> the question before i turn out to you guys is what have -- what would have been wrong with the president coming to the rose garden and saying i am horrified by what has happened in egypt and obviously horrified by what has been done in libya. the safety and security is my foremost responsibility. but i would like to stand here...
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a law enforcement fbi justice department's role to investigate those domestic terrorism, homeland security is more responsible for guarding our borders, northern, southern people coming by water and people coming by air as well as a lot of coordination with local law enforcement. so they have some law enforcement responsibilities, but if you are talking about giving and investigating a group you think may -- >> host: embrey to jump in because we need to go to the white house where they are going to do a moment of silence we want to listen and watch and come back to the discussion. [background noise] [background noise] [background noise] ♪ ♪ ♪ [background noise] >> a moment of silence this morning at the white house with the president and the first lady. you heard the bells rang at 8:46 eastern time when they were struck by their plan the 11 years ago on the september 11th 2001. nearly 3,000 americans died that day with the attacks of the world trade center, and the attacks of the pentagon here in washington. our cameras are up in new york where the world trade center memorial service
a law enforcement fbi justice department's role to investigate those domestic terrorism, homeland security is more responsible for guarding our borders, northern, southern people coming by water and people coming by air as well as a lot of coordination with local law enforcement. so they have some law enforcement responsibilities, but if you are talking about giving and investigating a group you think may -- >> host: embrey to jump in because we need to go to the white house where they...
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on the other hand if someone is discovered and prevented in an attack in the united states by the fbi the roots of that information are law enforcement derived. the going in position is we ought to treat this as a law enforcement problem and enter this into the american court system. i suppose if we stayed her long enough we could think of exceptions but in broad measure my sense is that is how we should deal with it. i hope made it worth your while coming here this afternoon. i hope you have left with more questions than you had when you came in. that was my intent. and thank you very much for the opportunity. and, go air force. [applause] >> live coverage at the top of the hour from the brookings institution hosting a discussion on national defense issues and the 2012 presidential election begins at 1:00 p.m. eastern on our companion network c-span3, followed by a second event at brookings looking how the war on terrorism will play in the 2012 campaign starting at 3:30 eastern. >> taking a look at the capitol today on a mild day in washington, d.c., as members from both chambers of
on the other hand if someone is discovered and prevented in an attack in the united states by the fbi the roots of that information are law enforcement derived. the going in position is we ought to treat this as a law enforcement problem and enter this into the american court system. i suppose if we stayed her long enough we could think of exceptions but in broad measure my sense is that is how we should deal with it. i hope made it worth your while coming here this afternoon. i hope you have...
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this e-mail was in the hands of the fbi before the attack. in another e-mail to anwar al-awlaki, hasan asks, please keep me in your rolodex in case you find me useful, and please feel free to call me collect. so in december 2008 the fbi's san diego field office intercepted two e-mails from hasan and awlaki and identified the e-mail as a product of interest. over the course of the next several months, the san diego field office and the washington field office would exchange e-mails about how aggressively to investigate the hasan lead. in june of 2009, washington sent the following e-mail to san diego: given the context of his military andedical research and the content of his to date unanswered e-mail messages from awlaki, wfo doesno
this e-mail was in the hands of the fbi before the attack. in another e-mail to anwar al-awlaki, hasan asks, please keep me in your rolodex in case you find me useful, and please feel free to call me collect. so in december 2008 the fbi's san diego field office intercepted two e-mails from hasan and awlaki and identified the e-mail as a product of interest. over the course of the next several months, the san diego field office and the washington field office would exchange e-mails about how...
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attorney in washington, chief of staff to the fbi director robert meueller and he began the justice department lawyer to fill the position as the attorney general for national security he then served as the homeland security adviser to president george w. bush and is now in private practice in washington. ken, please. spec the panel starts off with a reference to playboy magazine, but i will see if i can catch my breath and go forward. thanks very much, pete. good to be here. i've been asked to talk about three cases. 1i guess you could call a national security case and then number to a more regular case. let me start with the national security case and that is called blabber versus amnesty international. it's actually standing case but it's a standing case relating to a challenge to what's called the fisa amendment act passed in 2008, and was an amendment through a very substantial amount of the foreign intelligence surveillance act passed in 1978, and to understand the standing issue of the stakes at play you have to understand the merits a little bit so let me get into them. >> for those wa
attorney in washington, chief of staff to the fbi director robert meueller and he began the justice department lawyer to fill the position as the attorney general for national security he then served as the homeland security adviser to president george w. bush and is now in private practice in washington. ken, please. spec the panel starts off with a reference to playboy magazine, but i will see if i can catch my breath and go forward. thanks very much, pete. good to be here. i've been asked to...
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to try to get information that might be helpful, and tried to cover it up by using the cia and the fbi, and lying about and thrown overboard his closest aides one after another in an attempt to save himself. so that was an astonishing time. i do think that we learned a lot about hubris during the course of watergate and we have to be on constant alert for as for the most intriguing president, it will be impossible for me to say. they all brought such interesting qualities to the job. it's the hardest thing in the world to do, is to run successfully for president. a lot of people have not been successful, and it's in part because they simply were not up to it. those who eventually get to the oval office, however successful or unsuccessful they may have been in her administration, always bring unique qualities to the assignment of being a candidate. >> host: where we on august 9, 1974? >> guest: the white house lawn. i was in san clemente when the supreme court decision came down, and -- >> host: with the president. >> guest: with the president. he was out there at the time but it was an
to try to get information that might be helpful, and tried to cover it up by using the cia and the fbi, and lying about and thrown overboard his closest aides one after another in an attempt to save himself. so that was an astonishing time. i do think that we learned a lot about hubris during the course of watergate and we have to be on constant alert for as for the most intriguing president, it will be impossible for me to say. they all brought such interesting qualities to the job. it's the...
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there was the fbi counterintelligence program which was actually quite successful doing a few things, installing the agent provocateurs that created some of the discord that exists now in the party between different factions. people were actually buying and part of what i write about in the book is the health programs there is a way the health programs respond to the fact members of the party were buying in conflict with the police and state authorities. politics just change so the party ends on the early 1980's and the world changed between 68 and 80. activists -- it's easier when you are 18 or 20 you don't have a mortgage or children, but the stakes can be often a lot lower for being an activist and the stakes of being an activist or high so part of it was aging and the national cycle of the organizations as well. >> coming up on the 50th anniversary of the black panther party is there another book from you? >> there isn't another book on the party but i continue to write about african-americans engagement with issues of health and science. >> alandra nelson that teaches sociology h
there was the fbi counterintelligence program which was actually quite successful doing a few things, installing the agent provocateurs that created some of the discord that exists now in the party between different factions. people were actually buying and part of what i write about in the book is the health programs there is a way the health programs respond to the fact members of the party were buying in conflict with the police and state authorities. politics just change so the party ends...